Corporate Governance
Statement
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
36 DELHAIZE GROUP ANNUAL REPORT '11
Count Jacobs de Hagen
(1940)
Chairman since 2005
Former President of the Executive
Committee of UCB
Former Chairman of the Board
of UCB
Former Management Committee
Member and Honorary Chairman
of Federation of Belgian
Companies
Former President of
BUSINESSEUROPE
Dr. at Laws, Master of Econ.
Sciences, Master of Economics
Elected 2003
Hugh G. Farrington
Hugh
(1945)
Former President and CEO of
Hannaford
Former Vice Chairman of Delhaize
America
Former Executive Vice President of
Delhaize Group
BA in History, MA in Education
Elected 2005
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Jacques de Vaucleroy
(1961)
Member of Management
Committee and CEO of the
Northern, Central and Eastern
Europe Region (NORCEE) of Axa
Former Member Executive Board
ING Group and CEO of ING
Insurance Europe
Degree in Law,
Master of Business Law
Elected 2005
William G. McEwan
(1956)
President and CEO of Sobeys Board
Member of Empire Company
Former President and CEO of the
U.S. Atlantic Region of The Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Board Member of The Consumer
Goods Forum
Elected 2011
Jean-Pierre Hansen
(1948)
Executive Committee member of
GDF Suez
Chairman of the Energy Policy
Committee of GDF Suez
Member of the Management
Committee of FOREM
Former CEO and Chairman of
Electrabel
Former COO and Vice Chairman
of the Executive Committee of Suez
Group
Chairman of the Board of SNCB
Logistics
Board member of Electrabel,
Electrabel Customers Solutions,
CMB, KBC and others
Former Vice Chairman of
Federation of Enterprises in
Belgium
Civil Engineer, Philosophy Degree
in Engineering,
Master in Economics
Elected 2011
Pierre-Olivier Beckers
(1960)
President and CEO since 1999
President of the Belgian Olympic
and Interfederal Committee
Former Co-Chairman of The
Consumer Goods Forum
Board member and former
Vice-Chairman of Food Marketing
Institute
Board member and former
Chairman of CIES
Master in Business Administration
Elected 1995
Mats Jansson (1951)
Board Member of Danske Bank
Former President of ICA
Detaljhandel and Deputy CEO and
Chairman of the Group
Former CEO of Catena/Bilia,
Karl Fazor Oy, Axfood
Former President and CEO of Axel
Johnson AB
Former President and CEO of SAS
Former Board member of Axfood,
Mekonomen, Swedish Match and
Hufvudstaden
Degree in Economics and
Sociology
Elected 2011
Claire H. Babrowski
(1957)
Board member of Pier 1 Imports
and Quiznos
Former EVP and COO of Toys'R'Us
Former COO and CEO of
RadioShack
Former Senior EVP and Chief
Restaurant Operations Officer of
McDonald's Corp.
MBA
Elected 2006
Robert J. Murray (1941)
Former Chairman, President and
CEO of New England Business
Service
Former EVP North Atlantic Group
Gillette
Former Board member of
Hannaford
Board member of LoJack Corp.,
The Hannover Insurance Group,
IDEXX Corp., Tupperware Brands
Corp.
Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration, MBA
Elected 2001
